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  2. Thumbnail for Supporting our best new journalists

    Supporting our best new journalists

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/supporting-our-best-new-journalists
    9 Jul 2024: Clancy Balen has been awarded Best New Journalist at the 2024 Tasmanian Media Awards. Mr Balen, who has been working as a journalist for two-and-a-half years, was one of the many winners on the night working for the ABC. “I’m a relatively new
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    New scholarship for next generation of teachers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-scholarship-for-next-generation-of-teachers
    1 Nov 2023: The University has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to help ensure the state has the quality teachers it needs with a new scholarship valued at up to $31,000. The Teach Tasmania Scholarship will be made available to eligible Bachelor of
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    Conversations set out to explore Creative Antarctica

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/conversations-set-out-to-explore-creative-antarctica
    11 Apr 2024: Australia’s most creative minds on Antarctica are coming together for a free series of conversations over three days at The Hedberg. Growlers, Bergy Bits and Behemoths, a series of four talks and an immersive art installation, will bring together
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    Uni basketballers shooting for the top in national competition

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/uni-basketballers-shooting-for-the-top-in-national-competition
    27 Mar 2024: The University of Tasmania’s participation in the 2024 national University Basketball League (UBL) season kicks off on Wednesday March 27, when the women’s and men’s teams meet Sunshine Coast University at the new South East Stadium in
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    Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/applications-open-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    6 Mar 2024: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its fourth year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
  7. Thumbnail for Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

    Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/visual-artists-invited-to-apply-for-mcauley-fellowship
    28 Mar 2024: Applications are open for the $10,000 James McAuley Creative Fellowship offered by the University of Tasmania. The 2024 fellowship will support an established Australian visual artist to work with students and the Tasmanian community. The recipient
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    Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/applications-open-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    3 Feb 2023: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its third year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
  9. Thumbnail for Ceramic artist Kirsten Coelho receives McAuley Fellowship

    Ceramic artist Kirsten Coelho receives McAuley Fellowship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ceramic-artist-kirsten-coelho-receives-mcauley-fellowship
    3 Jun 2024: Acclaimed ceramicist Kirsten Coelho will turn locally-dug clays into new works exploring Tasmanian history when she takes up a $10,000 creative fellowship later this year. The South Australian artist, whose work is held in some of the country’s
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    Fine Art student’s climate study takes National Photography Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fine-art-students-climate-study-takes-national-photography-prize
    27 Mar 2024: Fine Art PhD candidate Ellen Dahl has been awarded the prestigious $30,000 National Photography Prize 2024. Ms Dahl was awarded the prize for Four Days Before Winter, a selection from her PhD project completed in the School of Creative Arts and Media
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    University wins $3.4 million for precision climate tracking project

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/university-wins-$3.4-million-for-precision-climate-tracking-project
    28 May 2024: A world-leading oceanographer at the University of Tasmania has been awarded an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship to develop precision tracking of changes in the Earth’s climate system as it responds to emission
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    Introducing The Hedberg Sounds

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/introducing-the-hedberg-sounds
    22 Mar 2024: A new series of critically acclaimed performances gets underway at The Hedberg this month, showcasing Hobart’s home of intimate and unique music experiences. The Hedberg Sounds program will present five diverse performances from local and national
  13. Thumbnail for Space calling: University of Tasmania receives communication from key mission

    Space calling: University of Tasmania receives communication from key …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/space-calling-university-of-tasmania-receives-communication-from-key-mission
    30 May 2024: The University of Tasmania is celebrating a significant milestone in Australia’s space exploration efforts after successfully receiving communication from the Australian-made Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal (SpIRIT)
  14. Thumbnail for On the map: new portal to support Tasmanian marine planning decisions

    On the map: new portal to support Tasmanian marine planning decisions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/on-the-map-new-portal-to-support-tasmanian-marine-planning-decisions
    28 May 2024: A new online mapping portal that collates information on Tasmania’s marine activities, and the environments in which they occur, will inform the state’s marine planning decisions – and will make spatial data more user-friendly and accessible
  15. Thumbnail for Author Gail Jones wins three-month Hedberg writing residency

    Author Gail Jones wins three-month Hedberg writing residency

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/author-gail-jones-wins-three-month-hedberg-writing-residency
    18 Jan 2022: The Hedberg Writer in Residence is decided through a nationally competitive application process open to all established Australian writers. As the recipient, Jones will develop a major new work, deliver classes to writing students from the
  16. Thumbnail for Technology means greater need for privacy protection

    Technology means greater need for privacy protection

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/technology-means-greater-need-for-privacy-protection
    28 May 2024: Technological advances such as spyware, covert cameras and drones mean the state’s privacy protections should be reviewed, a new Tasmania Law Reform Institute report recommends. Laws covering stalking and intimidation in Tasmania should be
  17. Thumbnail for Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania and the University of Tasmania establish partnership to meet needs of Tasmania’s communities

    Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania and the University of Tasmania…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/migrant-resource-centre-tasmania-and-the-university-of-tasmania-establish-partnership-to-meet-needs-of-tasmanias-communities
    19 Mar 2024: A partnership between Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) and the University of Tasmania (UTAS) will see the two organisations come together to collaborate on research projects, professional development, knowledge sharing and use of
  18. Thumbnail for Marine zooplankton bring global meeting to Hobart

    Marine zooplankton bring global meeting to Hobart

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marine-zooplankton-bring-global-meeting-to-hobart
    14 Mar 2024: More than 340 scientists from 38 countries gather in Hobart next week for a major international conference about marine zooplankton, the most abundant and diverse ‘eco-influencers’ on the planet. As the estimated 28,000 species of animals that
  19. Thumbnail for UniGO welcomes Van Lang University students

    UniGO welcomes Van Lang University students

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/unigo-welcomes-van-lang-university-students
    4 Jun 2024: Five Vietnamese students are taking in Tasmania’s highlights and touring the University’s campuses as part of a UniGO scholarship. The students, from Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City, are the inaugural recipients of a University Global
  20. Thumbnail for King Island shipwreck the focus for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    King Island shipwreck the focus for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/king-island-shipwreck-the-focus-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    9 Jun 2023: Crafting a new novel about a King Island shipwreck survivor will be the focus when award-winning author Michelle Cahill arrives as The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence later this year. Cahill has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a
  21. Thumbnail for Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

    Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/australian-antarctic-scientists-in-bid-for-nasa-space-mission
    15 May 2024: Two Antarctic scientists in Tasmania are part of an international team selected by NASA to develop a new satellite mission for monitoring the effects of climate and vegetation change. Dr Petra Heil of the Australian Antarctic Division, and Dr Alex
  22. Thumbnail for Scientists urge caution on marine-based carbon dioxide removal methods

    Scientists urge caution on marine-based carbon dioxide removal methods

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/scientists-urge-caution-on-marine-based-carbon-dioxide-removal-methods
    7 Jun 2024: Limited understanding of basic ocean processes is hindering progress in marine carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, with the ongoing commercialisation of some approaches both premature and misguided, scientists say. In a new paper published in Environmental
  23. Thumbnail for Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

    Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fulbright-scholars-awarded-for-us-study
    14 Feb 2024: Three academics and alumni from the University of Tasmania have been recognised with prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. In areas across climate change communication, artificial intelligence in medicine and contemporary voice, the researchers will be
  24. Thumbnail for Leaders helping to change the face of politics

    Leaders helping to change the face of politics

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/leaders-helping-to-change-the-face-of-politics
    23 Feb 2024: Leaders from across the political spectrum have thrown their support behind an award-winning national program to get more women into politics, to be offered this year through the University of Tasmania. Past premiers Lara Giddings AO and Will Hodgman,
  25. Thumbnail for Things adrift in the ocean advance to Biennale

    Things adrift in the ocean advance to Biennale

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/things-adrift-in-the-ocean-advance-to-biennale
    13 Sep 2019: The Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-based Adrift Lab has been announced as a participating artist in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, to be held from March to June 2020. Adrift Lab is a dedicated group of researchers from across the
  26. Thumbnail for Good things don’t come in threes for Antarctic sea ice

    Good things don’t come in threes for Antarctic sea ice

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/good-things-dont-come-in-threes-for-antarctic-sea-ice
    26 Feb 2024: As this month marks the third consecutive summer with extremely low sea-ice cover around Antarctica, new statistical research points to fundamental changes taking place in the polar Southern Ocean. Antarctic sea ice reached its summer minimum area of
  27. Thumbnail for The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

    The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-dawn-of-the-antarctic-ice-sheets
    8 Jul 2024: Scientists have achieved a world first, combining unique geological samples from the seafloor with sophisticated modelling to reveal the origins of the Antarctic ice sheet. Global warming is affecting today’s Antarctic ice sheet. The ‘eternal’
  28. Thumbnail for Tails you lose for lizards

    Tails you lose for lizards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/tails-you-lose-for-lizards
    19 Jul 2019: The natural ability of lizards to drop and then regrow their tails is a neat evolutionary trick that allows them to avoid predators and remain alive. But new research from the University of Tasmania - published recently in Biology Letters - reveals
  29. Thumbnail for Ocean detectives return with climate clues

    Ocean detectives return with climate clues

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ocean-detectives-return-with-climate-clues
    4 Mar 2024: The longest science voyage by CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator has returned to Australia with one of the most comprehensive datasets ever collected in the Southern Ocean. Over 60 days and 12,000 kilometres, the voyage led by the Australian
  30. Thumbnail for Celebrating the old and new of Hytten Hall

    Celebrating the old and new of Hytten Hall

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/celebrating-the-old-and-new-of-hytten-hall
    15 Mar 2024: Hytten Hall college was formally re-established at Melville Street in central Hobart at a ceremony on 8 March, with college alumni and new residents meeting to share stories and make connections. The original Hytten Hall was a University college
  31. Thumbnail for School project gets an 'A'

    School project gets an 'A'

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/709-school-project-gets-an-a
    10 Aug 2018: The new learning asset in the centre of Hobart is defying all attempts to be defined, categorised, or bound by its geography. "The A-Lab is a tangible expression of the Making of the Future Partnership Agreement and is a rich resource to be utilised
  32. Thumbnail for Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better

    Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/restoring-coastal-habitat-boosts-wildlife-numbers-by-61-but-puzzling-failures-mean-we-can-still-do-better
    23 Apr 2024: Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed  valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal development, climate change and many other human impacts have
  33. Thumbnail for Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of groundbreaking opera

    Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/antarctic-science-and-art-meet-for-tasmanian-premiere-of-groundbreaking-opera
    4 Apr 2024: A unique collaboration between the arts and sciences at the University of Tasmania will be realised with the Tasmanian premiere of the groundbreaking opera ANTARCTICA this month. ANTARCTICA in concert will represent the culmination of work begun
  34. Thumbnail for New writer-in-residence program will nurture next generation of literary talent

    New writer-in-residence program will nurture next generation of…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/new-writer-in-residence-program-will-nurture-next-generation-of-literary-talent
    11 Aug 2020: A prestigious new writer-in-residence program at the University of Tasmania will support an established writer to produce a major piece while also helping to usher in our next generation of literary talent. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence Program
  35. Thumbnail for Boost to creativity with Island Magazine partnership

    Boost to creativity with Island Magazine partnership

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/boost-to-creativity-with-island-magazine-partnership
    21 Jun 2024: The University of Tasmania and Island Magazine have teamed up in a new partnership that aims to boost opportunities for students and local creatives. The two organisations have come together to collaborate on student workshops and internships,
  36. Thumbnail for IMAS Investigator voyage catches rare glimpse of erupting Australian volcano

    IMAS Investigator voyage catches rare glimpse of erupting Australian…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/imas-investigator-voyage-catches-rare-glimpse-of-erupting-australian-volcano
    1 Feb 2016: Scientists on board the CSIRO research vessel Investigator have taken rare footage of an eruption of the Big Ben volcano on remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island during an IMAS voyage to the Kerguelen Plateau. Big Ben, which includes the 2,745 m tall
  37. Thumbnail for Robbie Arnott wins inaugural Hedberg Writer-in-Residence award

    Robbie Arnott wins inaugural Hedberg Writer-in-Residence award

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/robbie-arnott-wins-inaugural-hedberg-writer-in-residence-award
    15 Oct 2020: Acclaimed Tasmanian novelist Robbie Arnott is the winner of the inaugural University of Tasmania Hedberg Writer-in-Residence Program, an opportunity he has described as “life-changing”. “As a Tasmanian author working through this period of
  38. Thumbnail for An evolution of marine research at IMAS Taroona

    An evolution of marine research at IMAS Taroona

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/an-evolution-of-marine-research-at-imas-taroona
    4 Jul 2024: Taroona Labs in 1971 (Credit: Ross Winstanley) Marine research laboratories at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies’ (IMAS) Taroona site have played a significant role in the evolution of Tasmania’s fisheries and aquaculture science
  39. Thumbnail for Shortlist announced for one of Australia’s premier history book awards

    Shortlist announced for one of Australia’s premier history book awards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/shortlist-announced-for-one-of-australias-premier-history-book-awards
    4 Jun 2024: The selection committee has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History:Robbie Arnott, Limberlost (Text)Set in a vividly captured bygone Tasmania, the third novel by the award-winning author of Flames
  40. Thumbnail for Tasmania's best soil judges announced

    Tasmania's best soil judges announced

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanias-best-soil-judges-announced
    11 Jun 2024: The winners of this year’s Tasmanian Soil Judging Competition have been selected and they’re now gearing up to put their skills to the test in a major competition. Agricultural science students at the University of Tasmania recently competed for
  41. Thumbnail for Speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon to be 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    Speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon to be 2024 Hedberg…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/speculative-fiction-author-eugen-bacon-to-be-2024-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    23 May 2024: Award-winning African Australian speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon will be the 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence. Eugen has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a three-month stint in Hobart writing, working with students and
  42. Thumbnail for New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under pressure

    New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-exhibition-turns-spotlight-on-marine-species-and-habitats-under-pressure
    23 May 2024: Human activities and a changing climate are putting species and ecosystems under pressure. In Antarctica, marine predators are on thin ice. In Tasmania, many marine species and habitats are found nowhere else on earth. And for many, there is nowhere
  43. Thumbnail for Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/human-rights-laws-recommended-for-tasmania
    30 Apr 2024: Tasmania should enact laws that better protect human rights, a new research paper from the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has recommended. A Charter of Human Rights or a Human Rights Act should be adopted and an independent Human Rights
  44. Thumbnail for Back to the wild: rescued red handfish returned to the sea

    Back to the wild: rescued red handfish returned to the sea

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/back-to-the-wild-rescued-red-handfish-returned-to-the-sea
    7 May 2024: Red handfish have been returned to the wild, after scientists rescued them this summer to protect their fragile population from record high sea and atmospheric temperatures. Scientists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and
  45. Thumbnail for Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

    Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/pianist-sarah-chick-awarded-ossa-music-prize
    14 Jul 2023: Pianist Sarah Chick has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting the work of lesser-known women composers. Third-year Bachelor of Music student Sarah receives a prize valued at $10,000, which includes $2500 for
  46. Thumbnail for Marine CO2 removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals

    Marine CO2 removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marine-co-removal-technologies-could-depend-on-the-appetite-of-the-oceans-tiniest-animals
    17 Jun 2024: As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
  47. Thumbnail for Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

    Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/floating-robots-reveal-just-how-much-airborne-dust-fertilises-the-southern-ocean-a-key-climate-shock-absorber
    16 May 2024: The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web. Using a fleet of robotic floats, our study published in Nature today
  48. Thumbnail for Under pressure: scientists call for urgent conservation action to save Maugean skate

    Under pressure: scientists call for urgent conservation action to…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/under-pressure-scientists-call-for-urgent-conservation-action-to-save-maugean-skate
    16 May 2023: The evidence is in and scientists are calling for urgent conservation action, after monitoring revealed that the Maugean skate population has rapidly declined by almost half in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania – their last remaining habitat and one
  49. Thumbnail for Musicians to perform in aid of endangered handfish

    Musicians to perform in aid of endangered handfish

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/handfish-fundraising-concert
    15 Aug 2022: Music and rare fish may have little in common, but the two will be the focal point of a special one-hour event at The Hedberg on August 19. The University of Tasmania School of Creative Arts and Media is hosting a benefit concert for the Handfish
  50. Thumbnail for Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer

    Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer
    14 Jun 2024: Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?Our new research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing
  51. Thumbnail for Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds

    Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/antarctica-provides-at-least-$276-billion-a-year-in-economic-benefits-to-the-world,-new-research-finds
    1 Mar 2024: All humanity benefits from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it. To some, these benefits may seem priceless. But in our market-driven world, calculating the economic value of the environment can be a useful tool in garnering support

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